Input Materials Purchasing
Input materials, whether virgin, recycled, chemically processed or dyed, can be a primary source of hazardous substances if not properly managed. This is particularly critical as global brands and manufacturers strive for safer products, regulatory compliance and circularity. Without proper management, input materials can introduce restricted substances into the production process, affecting wastewater quality, worker safety and end-product conformance.
Facility types within scope of input materials
- Textile accessories and trims assembler
- Textile apparel textile assembler (CMT)
- Home furnishing assembler
- Accessories and trims processor
- Garment washing (laundry)
- Garment dyeing and/or printing
- Fibre, yarn or fabric processor
- Pigment/panel/transfer printing (only)
- Coating and lamination (only) for synthetic footwear and other applications
- Sizing (only)
- Vertically integrated mill
- Down and feathers processor
- Leather accessories and trims assembler
- Leather apparel assembler (CMT)
- Raw hide/skin to tanned
- Raw hide/skin to crust
- Raw hide/skin to finished leather
- Tanned hide/skin to finished leather
- Crust hide/skin to finished leather
- Tanned hide/skin to crust leather
- Raw hide/skin to pickle/pre-tanned material
- Leather footwear assembler
- Synthetic footwear assembler
- Vertically integrated leather footwear manufacturer
- Vertically integrated synthetic footwear manufacturer
Scope of input materials*, including the input material types and forms used across textile, leather and footwear facility types. (Suppliers can use this sheet to identify and document the input materials relevant to their operations.)
* Input materials are the materials or components purchased by the suppliers and used in the final products or articles